Out this week (28/08/09)

It's a really tough week for choosing a top film, with 2 battling it out for the honours, and 2 more films with respectable scores lagging just behind. In the final analysis I have decided that film of the week should go to the one with the better reviews, and frankly the reviews have been fantastic on both sides of the pond. Katherine Bigelow's Bomb disposal drama has been on everyone's mind since Toronto last year and continues to find new supporters every time it's seen. The Hurt locker is the standard all war films will be compared to from now on.



Apni Boli Apna Des

The trailer is 12 minutes long. Really, I couldn't sit through it all. Appears to concerns a wealthy playboy who loses his money in the recession and learns that some things in life are more imprtant - like holding on to the woman you love.

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Broken Embraces

Every film Pedro Almodovar makes is a sumptious classic. This is a noir-ish piece about film making and the permanance of love, with Penelope Cruz modelling some fantastic wigs.

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Funny People

Judd Apatow comes of age in this comedy drama with clear influences from James L. Brooks. It's an ambitious tale of cancer and celebrity starring some of the greatest stand-up to film crossovers of the 20 years (Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Eric Bana).

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The Hurt locker

Heavily acclaimed Iraq War drama from Katherine Bigelow (Strange Days, Point Break). It's pretty much a men at war flick of the kind that we've seen hundreds of times, but done expertly and with no sense of judging the characters.

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Jetsam

A woman washes up on the beach (not far from London ha ha) with no memory and a stranger seemingly attacked her for no reason. Independant British film with reasonable festival pedigree.

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Kissan

Second release date for Hindi drama about 2 brothers finding their own ways in life. No website or trailers, so not completely sure it'll open this week either.

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Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1

Second part of Jean-François Richet's Mesrine biopic. If you've seen the first part this will be a must-see taking up the story with Mesrine at the height of his powers and tracking to his death at the hands of the French armed police, via some audacious prison escapes and thrilling bank robberies.

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The Final Destination

This is The Final Destination, as opposed to Final Destination. They could have called it Final Destination 4, but they wanted to highlight the 3D element and that might have confused. So if you don't think this horror franchise peaked about halfway through the first film then by all means go and watch the production team find more ingenious ways of knocking off the attractive cast. IN 3D!

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